| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with kai {Καί | Kaí} ‘and’, functioning as a narrative connector. The indefinite pronoun tis {τις | tis} ‘a certain’ and the noun aner {ἀνήρ | anḗr} ‘man’ together introduce the subject. The adjective adynatos {ἀδύνατος | adýnatos} ‘powerless’ is specified by the prepositional phrase en {ἐν | en} ‘in’ Lystrois {Λύστροις | Lýstrois} ‘Lystra’, with tois {τοῖς | toîs} ‘the’ and posin {ποσίν | posín} ‘feet’ marking the sphere of his inability. The imperfect middle ekatheto {ἐκάθητο | ekáthēto} ‘was sitting’ depicts his ongoing posture. The appositional adjective cholos {χωλός | chōlós} ‘lame’ reinforces his condition, while the phrase ek {ἐκ | ek} ‘from’ koilias {κοιλίας | koilías} ‘womb’ of his mother indicates congenital origin. Finally, the relative pronoun hos {ὃς | hòs} ‘who’ with the adverb oudepote {οὐδέποτε | oudépote} ‘never’ and the aorist verb periepatēsen {περιεπάτησεν | periepátēsen} ‘walked’ underscores that he had never walked. The translation preserves the Greek descriptive sequence while adjusting word order for clarity. |